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Translation examples
adjective
Is it that unctuous git that's chairman of your board of...?
¿Es ese untuoso idiota Presidente de la junta...?
Having the nature or quality of oil... or... unctuous, prawning, smarmy.
Que tiene la naturaleza o calidad del aceite... o... untuoso, resbaloso, cremoso.
Sirens crack with a liquid spleen, ash-burned bones velvet the unctuous chasm.
La sirena se rompe con un desgarro líquido, las cenizas de sus huesos aterciopelan el untuoso abismo.
His speech was unctuous and usually banal.
Sus discursos eran generalmente tan untuosos como banales.
adjective
I want that beautiful, unctuous, coffee profile that you'd get from a cup of coffee, and I don't get it.
Quiero ese hermoso, zalamero, perfil del café que obtienes de una taza de café, y no lo tengo.
General Peckem roused himself after a moment with an unctuous and benignant smile.
El general Peckem se enderezó al cabo de unos momentos con una sonrisa zalamera y benévola.
The unctuous voice, the complacent gesture made Billy Doud seem asinine.
Aquella voz afectada, aquellos gestos zalameros, hacían parecer a Billy un tanto estúpido.
He became unctuous and sentimental and began rubbing his hands together as if he were cold.
Se volvió zalamero y sentimental y empezó a frotarse las manos como si tuviera frío.
The unctuous young Major smiled at Sharpe as though he were a valued and expected guest.
El mayor joven y zalamero sonrió a Sharpe como si fuera un invitado apreciado y esperado.
The heavenly hosts were already doing that, and even a parrot can make unctuous noises.
Las huestes celestiales ya lo hacían, e incluso un loro puede hacer ruidos zalameros.
Varys gave the king an unctuous smile and laid a soft hand on Ned’s sleeve.
Varys dedicó al rey su sonrisa más zalamera, y puso una mano blanda en la manga de Ned.
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